Police investigating after man’s body found at road side

Police are investigating the circumstances surrounding a sudden death after a man was found on a road side.

The man was found on the Straid Road near Bushmills on Saturday.

Police initially said the road was closed on Saturday following a “serious one vehicle road traffic collision”.

In an update on Sunday a PSNI spokesperson said: “Police are investigating the circumstances surrounding the sudden death of a man whose body was found on the roadside on the Straid Road in Bushmills on Saturday.

“The death is not being treated as suspicious, pending the outcome of a post mortem.”

A Northern Ireland Ambulance Service spokesperson said they were called to the scene of an incident involving a cyclist at 12.10pm on Saturday.

“NIAS dispatched a rapid response paramedic and an emergency crew to the scene and also tasked the Charity Air Ambulance to the incident,” they said.

“No one was taken from the scene.”

DUP Alderman Sharon McKillop said: “My deepest condolences to family of this man at this sad time.”